Clinical Features
The signs and symptoms of Kikuchi's disease are fever, lymphadenopathy, skin rashes and headache. Rarely hepatosplenomegaly and nervous system involvement resembling meningitis is seen. Differential diagnosis includes SLE, disseminated tuberculosis, lymphoma, Sarcoidosis, and viral lymphadenitis.Clinical findings sometimes may include positive results for IgM/IgG/IgA Antibodies.
For other causes of lymph node enlargement, see lymphadenopathy.
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